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career

[kuh-reer] / kəˈrɪər /


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In my journalism career, I have had some tough days at the office.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

But this was the first time in his career that he had been part of a team that excavated an entirely unbroken pottery vessel from a terrestrial site.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

"Zolani is gone at a time we thought he was going to resuscitate his career," he told the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

A teacher by profession, Rocha has dabbled both in academia and politics throughout his career.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

In any case, I don’t think there are many career opportunities for people who squirt marshmallow on Finkles.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he wants teenagers to have technical routes into careers that could rival the path of a traditional university degree.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Mindy Kaling’s “Not Suitable for Work” chronicles five ambitious neighbors in Manhattan looking to jump-start their careers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The Journal previously ran a Personal Board of Directors series asking prominent business leaders like Oscar Munoz and Carla Harris about mentors who remained influences throughout their careers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Earlier in our careers, we chose traditional IRAs because the tax deduction made the most sense at the time.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Until now, I’d hung around with good people who cared about important enough things but who were focused primarily on building their careers and providing for their families.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Their running total of transfer fees long since careered past the £25m mark.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The invasion was an outpouring of emotion but it careered so far over the line as to be an outrage.

From BBC May 16, 2026

The driver was arrested after the vehicle careered from a main square down a major city centre street, close to historic sites.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

"The jury and the organisers have decided to stop the race," they said as Austria's Nina Ortlieb and Marte Monsen of Norway had also careered off-piste.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

A bus careered past and sprayed us with a fountain of rust-brown puddle water, drenching us.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

John Lewis dropped its Christmas advert before Bonfire Night, John Cena's final opponent is due to be revealed and the Ashes hype train is careering down the tracks.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2025

The accident, which saw the picture-postcard 19th-century Gloria tramway hurtle into a building after careering off the rails, shocked the Portuguese capital, laying bare fears over the safety of the popular yet ageing tourist attraction.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

The club doesn’t intend to keep careering ahead this way forever.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2025

Only after that point could turmoil begin: It was shattered by an impact and shifted outward to the asteroid belt, where subsequent impacts would have formed the Athor family and sent some careering toward Earth.

From Science Magazine Apr. 16, 2024

She tilted the round thing backwards and forwards, and in the sunlight the disc and its letters went careering madly inside the box.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers




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